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Probably just one of many void-myths... to scare your kids with, or put the fear of the God-Emperor into the cog-heads. Recently, a star chart was found in the bazaars of Eleusis, claiming to show the way to Credence. A hundred like it "surface" every year, but none are real. But this one just might be - it bears the seal of Sebastian Thor, one of the Imperium's most renowned characters, and the words "Whoever brings fire and faith to the Soulless shall be bequeathed the Paradise World of Carmyn."
Turns out Credence isn't a myth, but a real place. It was probably founded around M35 by a breakaway Mechanicus cult, It's tech-priests dabbled in non-STC technology, things they had recovered while exploring the Ultima Thule, the distant parts of Ultima Segmentum, beyond the light of the God-Emperor. Their ships moved freely through the Warp without the aid of the Astronomican, using secret and forbidden technologies to interface man, machine, and the Navigators of House Fallast.
Eventually, the Adeptus Mechanicus declared the cult to be outside of acceptable norms and moved to purge it. The cults factory-hive holdfasts on Samech were destroyed, but the cult leaders had prepared for this eventuality. Their ships were scattered far and wide, beyond the reach of the Imperium. Many patrols were sent after the heretics, but no trace was ever found. it was assumed they had fled into the dark and distant corners of the galaxy. All records were purged, and the cult was forgotten.
In reality, the cult's Technomancers had long prepared for this day. Forewarned by an Avatar of the Machine, they had prepared a secret hideout right in the middle of the Jericho Sector, on the world of Credence, a system unreachable using conventional warp drives due to local Immaterium conditions.
They have remained in hiding for millennia, slowly building their base into a Forge World, and assembling skitarii and engines of war, waiting for the day when another Avatar would arrive to awaken the Central Intelligence.
It was a good day when Barotta finally revealed himself. Credence stood strong, but millennia of separation had taken its toll. Without access to outside resources, the system had been plundered of every natural resource, and only draconic recycling measures kept the factories going even at minimum capacity. But now that the greater galaxy is within reach, there is no limit to the wonders that could be forged on Credence.
The leaders of Credence are the Lord High Technomancers (quite the title), who are the key nodes in a planet-spanning computation network of tech-priest and machine intelligences known as the Central Intelligence. The CI is both a single entity and the result of the combined human-machine intelligences networked into it. According to Mars this is tech-heresy of the highest order. As are many of the other technologies of Credence, merging as they do Xenos and STC tech.
Turns out Credence isn't a myth, but a real place. It was probably founded around M35 by a breakaway Mechanicus cult, It's tech-priests dabbled in non-STC technology, things they had recovered while exploring the Ultima Thule, the distant parts of Ultima Segmentum, beyond the light of the God-Emperor. Their ships moved freely through the Warp without the aid of the Astronomican, using secret and forbidden technologies to interface man, machine, and the Navigators of House Fallast.
Eventually, the Adeptus Mechanicus declared the cult to be outside of acceptable norms and moved to purge it. The cults factory-hive holdfasts on Samech were destroyed, but the cult leaders had prepared for this eventuality. Their ships were scattered far and wide, beyond the reach of the Imperium. Many patrols were sent after the heretics, but no trace was ever found. it was assumed they had fled into the dark and distant corners of the galaxy. All records were purged, and the cult was forgotten.
In reality, the cult's Technomancers had long prepared for this day. Forewarned by an Avatar of the Machine, they had prepared a secret hideout right in the middle of the Jericho Sector, on the world of Credence, a system unreachable using conventional warp drives due to local Immaterium conditions.
They have remained in hiding for millennia, slowly building their base into a Forge World, and assembling skitarii and engines of war, waiting for the day when another Avatar would arrive to awaken the Central Intelligence.
It was a good day when Barotta finally revealed himself. Credence stood strong, but millennia of separation had taken its toll. Without access to outside resources, the system had been plundered of every natural resource, and only draconic recycling measures kept the factories going even at minimum capacity. But now that the greater galaxy is within reach, there is no limit to the wonders that could be forged on Credence.
The leaders of Credence are the Lord High Technomancers (quite the title), who are the key nodes in a planet-spanning computation network of tech-priest and machine intelligences known as the Central Intelligence. The CI is both a single entity and the result of the combined human-machine intelligences networked into it. According to Mars this is tech-heresy of the highest order. As are many of the other technologies of Credence, merging as they do Xenos and STC tech.
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